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Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Joan Cusack, Heather Locklear, Timothy Dalton, Bill Goldberg, Robert Picardo
Directed by: Joe Dante
Screenplay by: Larry Doyle
Release Date: November 14, 2003
Running Time: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mild language, inuendo.
Box Office: $20,991,364 (US total)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
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  Looney Tunes: Back in Action Production NotesHow to they solve a mystery when they don't have a clue?
Set in a live-action world in which Warner Bros.' beloved assortment of irreverent animated entertainers interact with human characters for maximum comic effect, the story unfolds on the Studio backlot and careens all over the map in time-honored Looney Tunes style. Our celluloid heroes embark on a hilarious adventure that takes them from Hollywood to Las Vegas, Paris and the jungles of Africa in search of Fraser's character's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey Diamond.
 "I owe a debt of gratitude to the original creators of the Looney Tunes cartoon shorts," says Looney Tunes: Back In Action star Brendan Fraser. "Whether I knew it or not at the time, they introduced me to classical music, comedy timing, the art of joke setup and delivery, and it all came together in an animated short. They were always in tune - pardon the pun - with what was going on in the day, politically and in pop culture. The cartoons are easily consumed by children, but the jokes are sophisticated enough that adults appreciate the humor, too. They entertained me in ways that I'm not sure if animation has really been able to recapture - until now, of course.
In 1930, Warner Bros. debuted the celebrated Looney Tunes series of animated film shorts in conjunction with cartoon producer Leon Schlesinger. While most Hollywood movie studios were producing pre-feature cartoon shorts at the time, none became as beloved as the series of irreverent six-minute comedy films featuring early Warner characters, including the unflappable Bugs Bunny, the extremely flappable Daffy Duck and stuttering swine Porky Pig, joined over the next four decades by Elmer Fudd, the Tasmanian Devil, Yosemite Sam, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Tweety Bird and Sylvester, and many, many others.
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